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The Language Laboratory and the Functional Approach: From Pattern Practice to Communication.
Salvi, Rita – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1982
The author discusses the reasons for using the language laboratory in foreign language instruction now that the functional approach has replaced the audiolingual method and gives examples of possible lab exercises. (CFM)
Descriptors: Language Laboratories, Notional Functional Syllabi, Second Language Instruction
"Speech Act" Fra Teoria e Prassi Didattica. (The Speech Act between Theory and Pedagogical Practice).
Minardi, Giovanni – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1982
The author traces the development of speech act theory from Wittgenstein and Austin through Searle to Grice and shows how their work led to the notional functional approach to language teaching, which is based on the learner and his/her communicative needs. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Notional Functional Syllabi, Second Language Instruction, Speech Acts
L'Insegnamento della Lingua Straniera per Scopi Speciali: Proposte per un Syllabus Funzionale (Teaching a Foreign Language for Specific Purposes: Ideas for a Functional Syllabus).
Bertocchi, Daniela; Lugarini, Edoardo – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1982
The authors stress the importance of using a "science-oriented" syllabus when teaching a second language for specific purposes and identify the linguistic concepts which must be incorporated into such a syllabus. They discuss their experience in teaching Italian for specific Purposes at the National University in Somalia. (CFM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Notional-Functional Syllabuses.
Finocchiaro, Mary – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1979
This article discusses the value of the notional-functional approach to language teaching and considers some sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic features of the notional-functional syllabus. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)